Two Koreas plan to march together at Winter Olympics opening

A banner showing the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic official mascots is displayed at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju, near the border with North Korea. The banner reads: "Passion. Connected." Picture: Ahn Young-joon/AP

Seoul - North and South Korea have agreed to march into the
Olympic stadium together during the opening ceremony of the
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on February 9, the Unification Ministry
in Seoul said Wednesday.

During a second round of working-level talks in the shared border
village of Panmunjom, the two countries agreed to march together
under a "unified Korea" flag, news agency Yonhap reported, citing the
ministry.

During talks on January 9 - the first face-to-face talks between the
countries since 2015 - the North pledged to send a delegation of
athletes and high-level officials to the January 9-25 games.